"Only names and weapons cannot be faked. The king is in charge; if the government is destroyed, the country will follow it." [Zizhi Tongjian·Zhou Jiyi]
"Why have I never seen such an important matter in the memorials submitted to the Chancellor?" the emperor said with obvious anger, his face as dark as water.
Zhao Wen's mind suddenly changed and he said in cooperation: "Your Majesty, it is not that I intend to usurp the position of minister, but that Cai has already submitted a memorial to Zhongtai. However, the matter has been delayed. After several days, it still cannot be submitted to your majesty. Cai is very anxious.
I am worried about my father's life and death, so I ask the minister to transcribe the memorial on my behalf. I am willing to go to the court to plead guilty if I have overstepped my authority."
The emperor ignored Zhao Wen. He summoned Wang Bin and asked: "I remember that according to the rules of my dynasty, all memorials from all the subjects in the world were submitted to the Beigong Gate. After being collected and sorted by the commander of the chariot commander stationed at the Beigong Gate, they were all transported to the Propaganda Office, where I
After approval, it will be sent to the Chancellor's desk to draft the edict. But is that so?"
Wang Bin gritted his teeth and replied: "This... is indeed the case."
"Then why do all the memorials I see every day have been reviewed by the Shangshutai? What does this mean? Could it be that they have to read all the memorials first, and then pick out the ones that are good for themselves and show them to me?
Hiding the disadvantages? When was this the rule?"
Zhao Wen saw the opportunity to add fuel to the fire: "Your Majesty, I dare to say that when Dong Zhuo was there, he thought that your Majesty was still young and unfamiliar with state affairs, so he let the three ministers and the ministers who recorded the affairs of the minister handle it for him.
after that……"
"Unbridled!" Zhao Wen, who was speaking, was stunned by this angry shout. He saw the emperor's eyebrows standing upright, and he was very dissatisfied. His hand grabbed the memorial, and his knuckles turned white due to excessive exertion: "Zhi
Depose the powerful and exercise control over others. Is there any precedent for them to do this?"
Zhao Wen pretended not to know, and said one thing and another: "There are precedents. If we trace the origin, I remember that since Emperor Xiaohe and Emperor Xiaoan of this dynasty, all the emperors ascended the throne at a young age. At that time, they were either the Queen Mother or the General.
Assistant government; or there is an assistant minister in the imperial edict..."
"Now there is neither a queen mother nor a general, nor an auxiliary minister appointed by the late emperor, so what qualifications do they have to dare to take away my right to approve the report!" The emperor turned around in a hurry and said to Feng Chedu
Lieutenant Liu Zhang ordered: "Let's go to Shangshutai!"
This was not the first time that Wang Bin saw the emperor getting angry. He was not expecting it, but he was looking forward to it, because every time the emperor got angry like this, it would bring about huge changes.
Yes, he knew that the emperor's false anger was greater than his real anger at this time. He just wanted to use anger to change his former gentle appearance and do more thunderous things to let his ministers know which things the emperor attached great importance to and could never touch. It was like
The last time the emperor was so angry, he ordered the disbandment of the Northern Army despite dissuasion and dismissed two useless captains in one go.
In anger, even Wang Yun could not stop the emperor's determination to reform the Northern Army.
This time, after Wang Bin pretended to give a few words of advice, he immediately ordered people to prepare a car and planned to take the emperor directly to the Chancellery to interrogate the emperor.
The Huangmen servants and the servants who had just arrived in front of Xuanshi Palace heard the commotion and looked at each other. They didn't know why the emperor walked up and then came down again. They saw the emperor striding out from the steps with Mu Shun serving him.
, the anger on his face has not disappeared, and he doesn’t know what made him angry.
Zhong Yao, the minister of Huangmen, hurriedly took two steps up the steps and was about to speak, but was overtaken by Mu Shun. "The country is setting up the chancery, and Zhao Wen, the minister, is ordered to take the opportunity!"
Not only Zhong Yao, but also Yang Qi, the attendant standing opposite, had a look of surprise. It was a normal thing for the emperor to let his attendants ride on him when traveling, but Yang Qi still smelled an unusual smell in it;
, why did the emperor suddenly want to go to the Chancellery, and why did he specially let Zhao Wen, who had little communication with the emperor on weekdays, take the opportunity to do so?
Full of doubts, Yang Qi and others boarded the passenger car at the back and rushed all the way to the Chancery.
After traveling for an unknown amount of time, Zhao Wen quietly raised his head and glanced at the emperor in the car. He found that the emperor's face was as dark as water, with a cloudy look on his face. He quickly lowered his eyes, but his heart was pounding. He could clearly see in the narrow car.
It could be heard, but the emperor seemed unaware and still closed his eyes.
The two of them had their own thoughts along the way. The emperor didn't say anything. Zhao Wen had a ghost in his heart and was happy to be a deaf-mute.
Just when the atmosphere in the car was dull and awkward, the Jingen chariot suddenly tilted forward, and Liu Zhang, the captain of the chariot, said outside: "Your Majesty, the Chancellor's desk has arrived."
Shangshutai is also called Zhongtai, because it is often used for office work in the palace, so it is named after the platform.
Since Emperor Xiaowu established the Inner Dynasty and Emperor Guangwu's affairs were returned to Taige, the Shangshutai has become the central institution of the country. The emperor's edicts and government orders are all issued here.
Not unified, just like another prime minister.
Although there is no regular court at this time, the six ministers of the Secretariat still have to go to the Taige to work every day and correct memorials. The minister Pan Xu is holding a vermilion Tongguan pen to draft a document. It is a very simple letter asking someone to serve someone.
His job was to draft the letter of appointment as a local magistrate, submit it to the emperor for inspection together with the memorials reviewed by others, and then seal and issue it.
Thinking of the gloomy and tense atmosphere at the Chancellor's desk recently, Pan Xu couldn't help but feel numb. Since that day when Situ Wang Yun, Chancellor Sun Rui, and Chancellor Pu She Yang Zan defended themselves on the spot because of the Northern Army's Qiangu incident, all the ministers in China and Taiwan
Everyone knows that the two sides are at odds with each other, and now the Shangshutai is vaguely divided into two factions based on their respective power, cadastre, relatives and friends.
Among them, the party headed by Situ Wang Yun gained the upper hand, and the vast majority of the ministers in the Shangshutai turned to Wang Yun, which caused Shi Sunrui and others to feel greatly constrained in the Shangshutai.
Pan Xu was just a small minister, and had no chance to participate in the battles between the ministers and the ministers in the DPRK, so he was willing to just follow the crowd and listen to whoever was in power. This was also the sentiment of many officials with weak backgrounds.
It's just that things have become more and more strange inside the Chancellery in the past few days. First, the emperor suddenly reorganized the Northern Army. Sun Rui, the chancellor of the chancellor, resolutely complied with the order and drafted an edict, which caused Wang Yun to be very unhappy. He thought that the emperor did things without consulting the ministers, which was very unfair.
It can easily lead to chaos.
Shi Sunrui argued with Wang Yun for a long time based on this, but in the end the matter was settled. However, Wang Yun used the excuse that the ministers' desks were uneven and contained Dong Zhuo's remnants, so he inspected the ministers and ministers one by one, and those who failed were cleared.
After exiting, most of them were Kansai scholars.
Wang Yun's tough tactics aroused dissatisfaction among many people. However, he was both reasonable and had the power to govern the government. No one dared to refute his actions. Pan Xu was able to stay at the Chancellery because he was a talent from Guandong. From then on
, the Chancellor basically obeyed Wang Yun's orders, and even secretly ordered that the memorials in the imperial court should be counted first, and then the most important ones should be sent to the promulgation office.
As for what is an important edict, was it not decided by Wu Shuo, the minister responsible for counting?
Wu Shuo had always been a flatterer, and together with Zhao Jian, the minister Youcheng, who was always following Wang Yun, with the presence of these two people, even if Wang Yun occasionally did not come to the minister's desk, everyone would not dare to make independent opinions, and would never do it again.
There will be a situation similar to the situation where the emperor immediately drafted an imperial edict at the table.
Pan Xu sighed. He was thinking that the emperor was a heroic master, and Wang Situ also had the style of a famous official. What good would it do to the country if such a quarrel was made?
"Go up to the Imperial Palace, and all the officials will come out to greet Your Majesty!"